Joel Spolsky

Founder and CEO, Stack Overflow

Joel Spolsky, CEO and co-founder of Stack Overflow, is a globally recognized expert on software development. He is known by developers around the world for his website, Joel on Software, which has been translated into over 30 languages. In 2000, he founded his first company, Fog Creek Software, which creates project management tools for software developers, including Trello, which was recently acquired by Atlassian. Previously, Joel worked at Microsoft, where he designed VBA as a member of the Excel team, and at Juno Online Services, where he developed an Internet client used by millions. In his talk, Joel will discuss how he built and grew Stack Overflow, and more broadly on the software industry today.